Creativity Quotes

Where does inspiration come from? These quotes explore the mysterious process of making something new.

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"People who have nothing to do are the ones who write the most."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Creativity is the highest form of human expression."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"I know the magic of words. But now words are so overused."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I write because I must, not because I wish to."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The night is full of voices that only writers can hear."
Anna Akhmatova
"Creativity is the essence of human progress"
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"The definition of genius is that it is able to receive a commission to betray itself."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"I suffer from my nerves. But they make me creative."
August Strindberg
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"Genius is the art of seeing things that are not there."
August Strindberg
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"To create is to suffer; creation demands pain."
August Strindberg
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"Creativity flows from the same source as breath and heartbeat."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The deepest creativity springs from our wounds transformed into wisdom."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The truly creative person embraces their own strangeness."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Genius is not born; it is created through suffering and struggle."
Boris Pasternak
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"Creativity is the residue of time wasted."
Boris Pasternak
"Creativity is the breath of human existence."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Genius is the capacity to see connections others cannot."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"The creative act is an assertion of human freedom."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"The muse visits those who have prepared a place for her in their hearts."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I write because silence would destroy me."
Anna Akhmatova
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"My verses are my children; they will outlive me and carry my legacy."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The muse is jealous; she demands all or nothing from her chosen ones."
Anna Akhmatova
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"In my verses, I have immortalized moments that time could not erase."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I am sustained by the belief that what we create echoes through eternity."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"Genius is an African who dreams up snow."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"The artist is a feeler and a thinker."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"I write with the precision of a poet and the soul of a painter."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"My task is the task of the poet."
Vladimir Nabokov